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Balance Beam, Women

Date28 July – 5 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationBercy Arena, Bercy, France
Participants78 from 34 countries

Despite being a strong balance beam performer, Simone Biles had not yet won an Olympic title in this event, placing third in both 2016 (after a trip to the floor) and 2020 (suffering from mental health issues). She had returned to gymnastics in 2023 with a world title on the beam, however, her fourth. Defending champion Guan Chenchen did not compete in Paris. Remarkably, four Japanese women had won medals in the 2021 and 2022 World Championships (including both golds), but neither of them competed in Paris.

Leader after qualifying was China’s Zhou Yaqin, runner-up at the 2023 Worlds, ahead of Biles and Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. On the error-prone beam, however, this proved a poor prediction for the final, which turned out to be an error festival. Zhou narrowly avoided falling but had to grab the beam, costing her precious points, and leading to a 14.100 score. Suni Lee (USA) and Brazil’s Júlia Soares fell. Italy’s Manila Esposito had a major wobble and earned a 14.000 score, although it would bring her a bronze, and then Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fell twice in her routine. Italy’s Alice D’Amato was the first with a stable routine and, with 14.366, she moved into first place. Then came Biles, who had a great opening to her routine, before slipping off the beam after a jump. The final gymnast, all-around silver medalist and 2023 beam medalist at the Worlds, Rebeca Andrade, placed just outside the medals.

D’Amato’s gold was a surprise, particularly as she had never won a medal in the event internationally, although she had won all-around and uneven bar medals. Italy had only won one Olympic medal in a women’s individual event (Vanessa Ferrari on the floor in 2020) and now won gold and bronze in a single event. It was also the first Italian gymnastics gold since Igor Cassina in 2004.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Alice D'AmatoITAGold
2Zhou YaqinCHNSilver
3Manila EspositoITABronze
4Rebeca AndradeBRA
5Simone BilesUSA
6Suni LeeUSA
7Júlia SoaresBRA
8Sabrina Maneca-VoineaROU
9 r1/2Sanne WeversNED
10 r1/2Marine BoyerFRA
11 r1/2Luo HuanCHN
12 r1/2Breanna ScottAUS
13 r1/2Mana OkamuraJPN
14 r1/2Haruka NakamuraJPN
15 r1/2Jordan ChilesUSA
16 r1/2Morgane Osyssek-ReimerFRA
17 r1/2Ana BărbosuROU
18 r1/2Qiu QiyuanCHN
19 r1/2Georgia-Mae FentonGBR
20 r1/2Rina KishiJPN
21 r1/2Cassie LeeCAN
22 r1/2Alice KinsellaGBR
23 r1/2Beckie DownieGBR
24 r1/2Lieke WeversNED
25 r1/2Angela AndreoliITA
26 r1/2Pauline Schäfer-BetzGER
27 r1/2Ou YushanCHN
28 r1/2Naomi VisserNED
29 r1/2Ruby PassAUS
30 r1/2Amalia GhigoarțăROU
31 r1/2Bettina Lili CzifraHUN
32 r1/2Kaylia NemourALG
33 r1/2Flávia SaraivaBRA
34 r1/2Jade BarbosaBRA
35 r1/2Ellie BlackCAN
36 r1/2Lena BickelSUI
37 r1/2Kate McDonaldAUS
38 r1/2Soňa ArtamonovaCZE
39 r1/2Elisa IorioITA
40 r1/2Kohane UshiokuJPN
41 r1/2Lilia CosmanROU
42 r1/2Luisa BlancoCOL
43 r1/2Nina DerwaelBEL
44 r1/2Yeo Seo-JeongKOR
45 r1/2Alba PetiscoESP
46 r1/2Hezly RiveraUSA
47 r1/2Ava StewartCAN
48 r1/2Ruby EvansGBR
49 r1/2Filipa MartinsPOR
50 r1/2Ting Hua-TienTPE
51 r1/2Tisha VollemanNED
52 r1/2Mélanie de Jesus dos SantosFRA
53 r1/2Sin Sol-LeeKOR
54 r1/2Georgia-Rose BrownNZL
55 r1/2Lihie RazISR
56 r1/2Eom Do-HyeonKOR
57 r1/2Emma MalabuyoPHI
58 r1/2Sarah VossGER
59 r1/2Hillary HerónPAN
60 r1/2Laura CasabuenaESP
61 r1/2Helen KevricGER
62 r1/2Aurélie TranCAN
63 r1/2Lee Yun-SeoKOR
64 r1/2Levi RuivivarPHI
65 r1/2Anna LashchevskaUKR
66 r1/2Emma NedovAUS
67 r1/2Ana PérezESP
68 r1/2Ahtziri SandovalMEX
69 r1/2Maellyse BrassartBEL
70 r1/2Lynnzee BrownHAI
71 r1/2Aleah FinneganPHI
72 r1/2Jana MahmoudEGY
73 r1/2Caitlin RooskrantzRSA
74 r1/2Alexa MorenoMEX
75 r1/2Charlize MörzAUT
76 r1/2Coline DevillardFRA
77 r1/2Valentina GeorgievaBUL
78 r1/2Lucija HribarSLO
DNSNatalia EscaleraMEX

Qualifying Round

Date28 July 2024
FormatTop eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final.
Difficulty Judge 1Zhou QiuruiCHN
Difficulty Judge 2María San MartínESP
Execution Judge 1Orna ShaiISR
Execution Judge 2Claudia EstevaMEX
Execution Judge 3Maria Ratyńska-BuryPOL
Execution Judge 4Christina Frauenknecht-BergundthalSUI
Execution Judge 5Chantal VerkooijenNED
Execution Judge 6Nadežda SeileLAT
Execution Judge 7Marianne Droingt AssadiFRA
Time Judge 1Fanny MorelFRA
Time Judge 2Julie JarnaultFRA
PosCompetitorNOCPointsDifficulty ScoreExecution ScorePenalty
1Zhou YaqinCHN14.8666.6008.266Q
2Simone BilesUSA14.7336.4008.333Q
3Rebeca AndradeBRA14.5006.1008.400Q
4Suni LeeUSA14.0336.0008.033Q
5Sabrina Maneca-VoineaROU14.0006.1007.900Q
6Manila EspositoITA13.9665.6008.366Q
7Alice D'AmatoITA13.8665.6008.266Q
8Júlia SoaresBRA13.8005.6008.200Q
9Sanne WeversNED13.7665.6008.166
10Marine BoyerFRA13.7665.8007.966
11Luo HuanCHN13.7336.2007.533
12Breanna ScottAUS13.7005.6008.100
13Mana OkamuraJPN13.6335.5008.133
14Haruka NakamuraJPN13.6005.6008.000
15Jordan ChilesUSA13.6005.6008.000
16Morgane Osyssek-ReimerFRA13.5335.6007.933
17Ana BărbosuROU13.5335.8007.733
18Qiu QiyuanCHN13.5336.4007.133
19Georgia-Mae FentonGBR13.5005.4008.100
20Rina KishiJPN13.5005.7007.800
21Cassie LeeCAN13.4665.7007.766
22Alice KinsellaGBR13.4335.4008.033
23Beckie DownieGBR13.4005.4008.000
24Lieke WeversNED13.3665.2008.166
25Angela AndreoliITA13.3665.6007.766
26Pauline Schäfer-BetzGER13.3665.8007.566
27Ou YushanCHN13.3336.0007.333
28Naomi VisserNED13.3005.2008.100
29Ruby PassAUS13.3005.5007.800
30Amalia GhigoarțăROU13.2665.4007.866
31Bettina Lili CzifraHUN13.2335.6007.633
32Kaylia NemourALG13.2005.9007.300
33Flávia SaraivaBRA13.1335.8007.433-0.1
34Jade BarbosaBRA13.1005.3007.800
35Ellie BlackCAN13.1006.1007.000
36Lena BickelSUI13.0665.5007.566
37Kate McDonaldAUS13.0335.3007.733
38Soňa ArtamonovaCZE12.9665.1007.866
39Elisa IorioITA12.9665.6007.366
40Kohane UshiokuJPN12.8665.0007.866
41Lilia CosmanROU12.8335.6007.233
42Luisa BlancoCOL12.7665.3007.466
43Nina DerwaelBEL12.7665.4007.366
44Yeo Seo-JeongKOR12.7005.5007.200
45Alba PetiscoESP12.6335.3007.333
46Hezly RiveraUSA12.6335.6007.133-0.1
47Ava StewartCAN12.6335.7006.933
48Ruby EvansGBR12.6004.8007.800
49Filipa MartinsPOR12.6005.0007.600
50Ting Hua-TienTPE12.5335.0007.533
51Tisha VollemanNED12.5004.6007.900
52Mélanie de Jesus dos SantosFRA12.3665.3007.166-0.1
53Sin Sol-LeeKOR12.3665.4006.966
54Georgia-Rose BrownNZL12.3334.7007.633
55Lihie RazISR12.3004.9007.400
56Eom Do-HyeonKOR12.3005.6006.700
57Emma MalabuyoPHI12.2334.9007.333
58Sarah VossGER12.2335.4006.833
59Hillary HerónPAN12.1664.6007.566
60Laura CasabuenaESP12.1665.4006.766
61Helen KevricGER12.1335.1007.033
62Aurélie TranCAN12.0665.1006.966
63Lee Yun-SeoKOR12.0004.7007.300
64Levi RuivivarPHI11.8664.4007.466
65Anna LashchevskaUKR11.8665.6006.266
66Emma NedovAUS11.8005.0006.800
67Ana PérezESP11.8005.2006.600
68Ahtziri SandovalMEX11.7334.8006.933
69Maellyse BrassartBEL11.6004.8006.800
70Lynnzee BrownHAI11.5333.9007.633
71Aleah FinneganPHI11.4664.8006.666
72Jana MahmoudEGY11.4004.6006.800
73Caitlin RooskrantzRSA11.3334.7006.633
74Alexa MorenoMEX11.2005.2006.100-0.1
75Charlize MörzAUT11.1004.8006.300
76Coline DevillardFRA10.8665.5005.366
77Valentina GeorgievaBUL10.6334.6006.033
78Lucija HribarSLO10.1334.2005.933
79Natalia EscaleraMEX

Final

Date5 August 2024
Difficulty Judge 1Zhou QiuruiCHN
Difficulty Judge 2María San MartínESP
Execution Judge 1Tanja GrattAUT
Execution Judge 2Carlos SánchezVEN
Execution Judge 3Pauline SmithGBR
Execution Judge 4Sibel DağıstanlıTUR
Execution Judge 5Marianne Droingt AssadiFRA
Execution Judge 6Julija LjubančićCRO
Execution Judge 7Rima AmerJOR
Time Judge 1Fanny MorelFRA
Time Judge 2Julie JarnaultFRA
PosCompetitorNOCPointsDifficulty ScoreExecution ScorePenalty
1Alice D'AmatoITA14.3665.8008.566
2Zhou YaqinCHN14.1006.6007.500
3Manila EspositoITA14.0005.8008.200
4Rebeca AndradeBRA13.9335.7008.233
5Simone BilesUSA13.1006.2007.200-0.3
6Suni LeeUSA13.1006.2006.900
7Júlia SoaresBRA12.3335.3007.033
8Sabrina Maneca-VoineaROU11.7335.8005.933